IRS Admits Hacking Twice as Bad as Originally Announced
Every government hacking story seems to include subsequent revelations that the problem is at least twice as bad as the authorities originally admitted.
Every government hacking story seems to include subsequent revelations that the problem is at least twice as bad as the authorities originally admitted.
Establishment Republicans desperately trying to secure the passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which would give President Obama fast-track authority to secure congressional approval of at least three secretive trade deals, are now willing to increase taxes on small businesses in a way that would violate a pledge almost every Republican Congressman has taken when elected into office.
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) said, in an essay he wrote for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, that it is urgent to fix the skyrocketing national debt, which is now more than $18 trillion dollars.
Wednesday marks Tax Day in the United States, the day when Americans are obligated to turn in their taxes to the Internal Revenue Service. Normally, you’d expect those who actually, you know, pay taxes to complain about the government robbing them of their livelihood to pay for programs and projects from which they will never benefit. But not anymore.
Conservative champion Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) explains that abolishing the entire Internal Revenue Service in favor of a flat tax might not be the best idea for Middle Class taxpayers and their families.
With Wednesday marked as Tax Day, many GOP leaders are taking the opportunity to call for tax reform and a fairer tax for all Americans.
On tax day, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, a likely presidential candidate, took to Facebook to say the current tax system is in need of reform. You deserve to have a tax code that is transparent and fair so that everyone–whether you work for a small business or just want to keep a little more of your own money– has the opportunity to compete and thrive,” said Fiorina.
Tom Brady wants to give the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado truck he won as the MVP of Super Bowl 49 to game-winning hero Malcolm Butler, but the Internal Revenue Service is going to make him pay for that act of gratitude